ThinkPad X140e - Establishing a Wireless Connection; Using Bluetooth

Bluetooth
Bluetoothisoneofanumberoftechnologiesusedtocreateawirelesspersonalareanetwork.Bluetooth
canconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnectingperipheral
devicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,orremotely
controllingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Establishingawirelessconnection
Toestablishawirelessconnection,dothefollowing:
1.PressFn+F5toturnonthewirelessfeature.
2.ClickthewirelessnetworkconnectionstatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Alistofavailable
wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
Ifyouneedtoconnecttodifferentwirelessnetworksindifferentlocations,usethefollowingsoftwareto
managemultiplenetworkprolessothatthecomputerconnectstoanavailablenetworkautomaticallywhen
thelocationchanges:
•ForWindows7:UsetheAccessConnectionsprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheAccess
Connectionsprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage12
.
•ForWindows8:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.
Attention:
•Ifyouwanttousethewirelessfeaturesonanairplane,checkthewirelessserviceswiththeairlinebefore
boardingtheairplane.
•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputerwirelessfeaturesonanairplane,youneedtodisableyour
computerwirelessfeaturesbeforeboarding.Todisablethewirelessfeatures,see“Enablingordisabling
thewirelessfeatures”onpage31
.
UsingBluetooth
SomemodelsareequippedwithaBluetoothcardthatiscompliantwithBluetoothSpecication4.0.
ToenabletheBluetoothfeatureontheWindows7operatingsystem,pressFn+F5toopenthewireless
radioswitchboard.ThenturnontheBluetoothradio.FortheWindows8operatingsystem,theBluetooth
featureisonbydefault.
SendingdatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice
TosenddatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice,dothefollowing:
1.EnabletheBluetoothfeature.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdeviceandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
FormoreinformationaboutusingtheBluetoothfeature,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemand
theBluetoothhelpinformationsystem.
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